v1.6.0 permission problems after upgrade/update

Adam Poniatowski

as a last ditch effort... I did it again, but upgrading with the nodebb account...

v1.4 ---> v1.5 = perfect

v1.5 ---> v1.6 = now I don't get internal server error, but pages get stuck ~75% and when I manually refresh, it works (*edit to add: for every page I go to, besides login and admin).

I'm sticking to v1.5 until I can find the time and strength to reinstall it to v1.6

Dk

I have same problem
after this

git fetch
git checkout v1.6.0
./nodebb upgrade

first time i found nodebb-plugin-category-sort-by-title will make nodebb crash, i disable it
then i found

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/nodebb/build/public/templates/recent.jst'

then

chown -R nodebb /home/nodebb

problem solved

HARIOM VASHISTH

It Works!

sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUPS NodeBB/

sudo chmod -R 770 build/

Michael Pfaff

I think I'm having the same issue here, folks. I installed everything and have always done upgrades as root. Now, when trying to upgrade from 1.5.3 to 1.6.1 I get permission denied errors.

I have never used my NodeBB login to do anything with NodeBB as far as installation or upgrading, and so I'm kind of lost on how to fix all this.

PitaJ

@michael-pfaff You shouldn't be using root to do anything with ./nodebb. You should always do such things as the nodebb user or whatever user you use to run it.

The easiest way to fix this is to delete the build directory, and then su - nodebb and run ./nodebb build as that user.

Michael Pfaff

@pitaj said in v1.6.0 permission problems after upgrade/update:

@michael-pfaff You shouldn't be using root to do anything with ./nodebb. You should always do such things as the nodebb user or whatever user you use to run it.

The easiest way to fix this is to delete the build directory, and then su - nodebb and run ./nodebb build as that user.

Thanks, @PitaJ. I didn't realize that was the case. I'll try this out and see if it works.

To clarify:

What does the su - nodebb command do exactly?

Appreciate all the help.

<baris>

@michael-pfaff su - nodebb switches to the nodebb user and goes to their home directory.

Michael Pfaff

@baris said in v1.6.0 permission problems after upgrade/update:

@michael-pfaff su - nodebb switches to the nodebb user and goes to their home directory.

Sorry y'all. Just getting around to doing this. Apparently, I don't have a nodebb user. And, I'm not entirely sure what user was used to install nodebb. So, it's not letting me do anything. Can't even use the ./nodebb stop command like I used to at root.

I didn't initially install NodeBB on my server. Is there a way to determine which user? Can I do a fresh install with my old data?

<baris>

You can run ls -l to see who owns the files in the nodebb directory and change ownership with chown -R nodebb <nodebb_folder> command

Michael Pfaff

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<baris>

ls -l with an l not 1

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Michael Pfaff

At this point should I delete the build directory and try to run ./nodebb build? I'm nervous that command won't work since I can't run ./nodebb log.

PitaJ

try sudo chown -R www-data nodebb. If that doesn't work then try deleting stuff

Michael Pfaff

@pitaj said in v1.6.0 permission problems after upgrade/update:

try sudo chown -R www-data nodebb. If that doesn't work then try deleting stuff

That changed this, yes?

-rw-r--r--   1 www-data www-data  15468 Aug  4 00:08 nodebb

Still doesn't seem to get me to where I can run ./nodebb log. Getting this error: -su: ./nodebb: Permission denied.

Michael Pfaff

@pitaj said in v1.6.0 permission problems after upgrade/update:

If that doesn't work then try deleting stuff

Oh lawdy.

Michael Pfaff

Any advice on a fresh install?

PitaJ

Check and make sure that you're actually lived in as www-data.

Permission issues should be fixable

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